[–] juicedidwtc 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
PSA: if you email one of the authors asking for their reasearch paper, about 90% of the time they send it back as an attachment for free. Haven't paid for a research paper for years.
[–] ThoughtTheDragon 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
For what it's worth, we have a strong guerilla movement for open access, and here is one of the creations of it's hacktivists:
Also check out
libgen.io
Also part of the movement, for many pirated ebooks, including mandatory college textbooks.
Hacktivism is perhaps one area where left and right idealogues can work together towards common good.
[–] hedidnothingwrong 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
You can pirate papers : sci-hub.tw
[–] no-hurry-no-pause 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
And you can pirate books: gen.lib.rus.ec
[–] BlueDrache 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
Probably not, because that'd allow /pol/ to sperg out and disprove the whole climate change hoax.
[–] TheTrigger ago
They already do, bud. Constantly. Media just ignores it for obvious reasons. You really think /pol/ can't access whatever research paper it wants, whenever the hell it wants?
[–] avgwhtguy1 0 points 15 points 15 points (+15|-0) ago
Well they killed Aaron Swartz for this, so prob not.
[–] alele-opathic 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Close - that was the excuse, but he was more likely killed for his work on encryption in combination with his successful defense to the ramming through of SOPA+PIPA.
[–] avgwhtguy1 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
He was certainly poking the bear in more ways than one
[–] primaryappellation 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
Which, one way or another, is most research
[–] no-hurry-no-pause 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
im so sick of taxpayers getting fucked
You should be even more sick of taxes being collected at all.
[–] MrPim 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Burn Reed Elsevier to the ground